Actor Manish Goplani, popular for playing Bihaan in the TV show 'Thapki Pyar Ki' and 'Bhim Singh Bhullar' in Detective Didi, was recently in Lucknow to promote his upcoming show 'Yeh Teri Galiyan'. The actor seemed quite delighted after seeing the citys cloudy weather. "It was my first visit to Lucknow and I was welcomed with such a breezy weather. Aisa lag raha tha ki nawabon ke shehar me mera kaafi acche se swagat hua hai. I even watched the rainbow for about 10 minutes when I was in the flight while flying back to Mumbai," says Manish.
The actor also recalled his recent visit to Varanasi and expressed his keen desire to explore these two cities in future. "I visited Banaras 15 days back when my cousin brother, Siddharth Jeet Singh, was shooting there for his short film. I didnt get the opportunity to explore the city as I was occupied with some work, but sitting on the ghats and observing the people there was just magical," he says.
"I cannot forget the Ganga aarti which I attended on the ghat, as aap ghat se kuch bhi dekhen toh usme khoobsoorti jud jaati hai. Banaras ki toh baat hi kuchh aur hai." shares the actor, adding, "Visiting Lucknow and Banaras has always been on my wish list. The lifestyle and the culture of these two cities have always attracted me and so I really want to find some time and come back to these cities and explore them in a better way."

Manish Goplani (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

While Manish might be a popular actor today, not many people know that he never wanted to be one. "I had no idea about my acting and never wanted to be an actor too. I always wanted to get into direction. I started doing theatre along with my intermediate and as luck would have it, I gave an audition for acting in my second semester of engineering and cleared it fortunately. It got me into the TV industry with my debut show 'Chorre Tera Gaon Bada Pyaara'. I even missed one of my exams for the promo shoot of that show. Then I realised that I wouldnt have felt bad if my exam was missed but agar acting reh jaati then it would have been a real moment of regret," says the actor.
His second show, 'Thapki Pyar Ki', was a game changer for Manishs career as he gained a lot of fame from it. After completing 'Chorre Tera Gaon Bada Pyaara', there was a gap of 8-9 months in which I continued my theatre. Later, I got a call for 'Thapki Pyar Ki' when I was in my hometown Jaipur. Unfortunately, I was asked to come to Mumbai two-days before the staging of my play for which I had been preparing for past 40 days. I was totally confused as I played a key role in that play. I didnt want to leave that play nor did I want to miss out on this opportunity. Finally I did Thapki... which changed my life completely. Meri life ka poora graph usi show se upar hua."
The actor now has Bollywood aspirations too but is waiting for the right time to do films. "I would love to do Bollywood films but before that I want to prepare myself for the auditions. I feel that I still need to polish my acting skills and I still have to work on a lot of things. The TV and film industry are both quite different mediums. In daily soaps agar aapke emotions 50-50 bhi honge toh on-screen chal jaata hai but in films one has to bring out 100% of their emotions as you have to create an impact within that particular slot of time," says he.
Adnaan Rizvi